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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Lela Ruth (Fenton) Ponsetto, 1928-2011

CENTERVILLE — Lela Ponsetto, 83, of
Montrose, and a former Jerome and Centerville resident, died on Friday, Oct.
28, 2011 at Montrose Health Care Center in Montrose.
She was born the daughter of Otha and
Myrtle (Dochterman) Fenton Sr. on July 1, 1928 near Udell. She graduated from
the Mystic Community School.
On Sept. 22, 1946 Lela was united in
marriage to John Ponsetto in Corydon. They lived and farmed in the Jerome area
for many years. She was a homemaker and a member of the St. Mary's Catholic
Church in Centerville.

Lela Ruth (Fenton) Ponsetto

She was preceded in death by: her
parents; husband, John Ponsetto on March 22, 2005; brothers, Otha Fenton Jr.,
Lyle Fenton and Paul Fenton; and a sister, Barbara Allen
Lela is survived by: her sisters,
Beverly McFall of Montrose, and Colleen Bryant of Niceville, Fla.; also several
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be held on
Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in
Centerville with Fr. Dennis Schaab officiating. Burial will follow in the
Jerome Cemetery at Jerome. Visitation was held on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 from
4-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Gravestone of Lela Ruth & John Ponsetto

in Jerome Cemetery

Memorials can be made to either the
Parkinson's Association or Jerome Cemetery and can be left at or mailed to the
funeral home. The Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Centerville, Iowa is caring
for the Ponsetto family at this time and condolences can be sent at:
schmidtfamilyfuneralhome.com.